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Stanley B. Whitten
New York Times, Tuesday, October 16, 1984
Author:
Stanley B. Whitten
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { Q X }, Scrabble score: 282 (avg 1.49)
Open Squares: 76, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 7, XRef: 0, Spans: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 26.9
Stanley B. Whitten has 9 known pre-Shortz puzzles, and 9 Modern Era crosswords in our database.
1 J | 2 O | 3 Y | 4 C | 5 E | 6 O | 7 B | 8 I | 9 S | 10 E | 11 C | 12 R | 13 U |
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14 O | N | E | O | N | 15 R | E | N | E | 16 L | O | I | N |
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17 S | T | A | I | D | 18 A | G | R | A | 19 R | I | A | N | S |
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20 S | O | N | N | E | 21 T | 22 I | O | L | E | 23 L | S | U |
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24 D | O | 25 N | N | A | S | U | 26 M | M | E | R |
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27 T | 28 O | 29 P | 30 I | 31 R | A | N | D | 32 B | O | I | S | E |
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33 A | N | O | N | 34 A | S | I | 35 E | R | N | |||||
36 J | O | N | A | 37 T | H | A | N | 38 W | 39 I | N | T | E | 40 R | 41 S |
42 T | R | A | 43 G | I | N | 44 A | R | E | A |
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45 O | 46 D | I | U | M | 47 B | A | N | K | 48 R | S | V | P |
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49 L | I | F | T | A | 50 F | I | N | G | E | 51 R | ||||
52 D | O | I | 53 L | E | A | D | 54 D | U | 55 S | 56 T | 57 E | 58 D |
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59 I | N | C | 60 R | E | A | S | E | 61 S | 62 L | O | R | R | E |
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63 S | N | A | P | 64 Z | E | N | O | 65 E | R | A | S | E |
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66 H | E | L | M | 67 E | D | D | Y | 68 D | A | M | E | S |
© 1984, The New York TimesNo. 12,761
Across
1
"Ulysses" author : JOYCE
6
Sashes for geishas : OBIS
10
Beige : ECRU
14
"That's ___ you!" : ONEON
15
Descartes : RENE
16
Meat cut : LOIN
17
Settled : STAID
18
Advocates of land reform : AGRARIANS
20
Fourteen-line poem : SONNET
22
A daughter of Eurytus : IOLE
23
Baton Rouge col. : LSU
24
The Queen of Disco : DONNASUMMER
27
Pith helmet : TOPI
31
She wrote "Atlas Shrugged" : RAND
32
City in Idaho : BOISE
33
Shortly : ANON
34
"___ Lay Dying," Faulkner novel : ASI
35
Coastal flyer : ERN
36
Maude Frickert's creator : JONATHANWINTERS
42
___-la-la : TRA
43
Rummy variety : GIN
44
Location : AREA
45
Disgrace : ODIUM
47
Long mound : BANK
48
Invitation letters : RSVP
49
Make a slight effort : LIFTAFINGER
52
"How ___ love thee?" : DOI
53
___ off (begin) : LEAD
54
Did some housework : DUSTED
59
Adds to : INCREASES
62
Memorable character actor : LORRE
63
Break : SNAP
64
Stoicism founder : ZENO
65
Rub out : ERASE
66
Tiller : HELM
67
Whirlpool : EDDY
68
Titled women : DAMES
Down
1
Chinese idol : JOSS
2
Aware of the real meaning : ONTO
3
Bear a lamb : YEAN
4
Invent : COIN
5
Terminated : ENDED
6
A feast ___ famine : ORA
7
Alpha-omega combination : BEGINNINGANDEND
8
Sudden invasion : INROAD
9
Closes : SEALS
10
Yale alum : ELI
11
Diggers for anthracite : COALMINERS
12
Washes lightly : RINSES
13
Not certain : UNSURE
19
Type of sandwich : REUBEN
21
Pentateuch : TORAH
25
Space org. : NASA
26
Short-barreled cannon : MORTAR
27
___ Mahal : TAJ
28
Yoko : ONO
29
Arrogant; haughty : PONTIFICAL
30
Unpromisingly stuck : INARUT
37
Mexican dish : TAMALE
38
Hockey position : WING
39
Signed : INKED
40
Abbr. before Msgr. : REV
41
Fool : SAP
45
Somewhat aged : OLDISH
46
Quintuplets' family name : DIONNE
47
Slanted : BIASED
50
Unravel, nautical style : FEAZE
51
Governed : RULED
55
Rail : SORA
56
London trolley : TRAM
57
Gaelic : ERSE
58
Sandra and Ruby : DEES
60
Speed letters : RPM
61
Chinese condiment : SOY
Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.